Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 43
Greekling (n.) A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. -- B. Jonson.
Green (a.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
Green (a.) Having a sickly color; wan.
To look so green and pale. -- Shak.
Green (a.) Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.
As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. -- Burke.
Green (a.) Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
Green (a.) Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
We say the meat is green when half roasted. -- L. Watts.
Green (a.) Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. -- Sir W. Scott.
Green (a.) Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. -- Shak.
Green (a.) (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment; -- of political parties and political philosophies; as, the European green parties.
Green brier (Bot.), A thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also cat brier.
Green con (Zool.), The pollock.
Green crab (Zool.), An edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named joe-rocker.
Green crop, A crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc.
Green diallage. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
Green
diallage. (Min.)
(b) Smaragdite.
Green dragon (Bot.), A North American herbaceous plant ({Aris[ae]ma
Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also dragon root.
Green earth (Min.), A variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
Green ebony. (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing.
Green ebony. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Green fire (Pyrotech.), A composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due.
Green fly (Zool.), Any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
Green gland (Zool.), One of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
Green hand, A novice. [Colloq.]
Green heart (Bot.), The wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa.
Green iron ore (Min.) Dufrenite.
Green laver (Bot.), An edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima"> Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke.
Green lead ore (Min.), Pyromorphite.
Green linnet (Zool.), The greenfinch.
Green looper (Zool.), The cankerworm.
Green marble (Min.), Serpentine.
Green mineral, A carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
See Greengill.
Green monkey (Zool.) A West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there.
Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), A dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum.
Green sand (Founding) Molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
Green sea (Naut.), A wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck.
Green sickness (Med.), Chlorosis.
Green snake (Zool.), One of two harmless American snakes ({Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are bright green in color.
Green turtle (Zool.), An edible marine turtle. See Turtle.
Green vitriol. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
Green vitriol. (b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate of iron.
Green ware, Articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked.
Green woodpecker (Zool.), A common European woodpecker ({Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.
Green (n.) The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
Green (n.) A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.
O'er the smooth enameled green. -- Milton.
Green (n.) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. -- Pope.
Green (n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
Green (n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color.
Alkali green (Chem.), An alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green.
Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin.
Brilliant green (Chem.), A complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition.
Brunswick green, An oxychloride of copper.
Chrome green. See under Chrome.
Emerald green. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
Emerald green. (Chem.) (b) See Paris green (below).
Gaignet's green (Chem.) A green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium.
Methyl green (Chem.), An artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green.
Mineral green. See under Mineral.
Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.
Paris green (Chem.), A poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis green.
Scheele's green (Chem.), A green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green.
Greened (imp. & p. p.) of Green.
Greening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Green.
Green (v. t.) To make green.
Great spring before Greened all the year. -- Thomson.
Green (v. i.) To become or grow green. -- Tennyson.
By
greening slope and singing flood. -- Whittier.
Green (a.) Of the color between blue and yellow in the color
spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree";
"green fields"; "green paint" [syn: {green},
{greenish}, {light-green}, {dark-green}].
Green (a.) Concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party.
Green (a.) Not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: {green}, {unripe}, {unripened}, {immature}] [ant: {mature}, {ripe}].
Green (a.) Looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green around the gills".
Green (a.) Naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" [syn: {fleeceable}, {green}, {gullible}].
Green (n.) Green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass [syn: {green}, {greenness}, {viridity}].
Green (n.) A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: {park}, {commons}, {common}, {green}].
Green (n.) United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952) [syn: {Green}, {William Green}].
Green (n.) An environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party.
Green (n.) A river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River [syn: {Green}, {Green River}].
Green (n.) An area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker" [syn: {green}, {putting green}, {putting surface}].
Green (n.) Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables [syn: {greens}, {green}, {leafy vegetable}].
Green (n.) Street names for ketamine [syn: {K}, {jet}, {super acid}, {special K}, {honey oil}, {green}, {cat valium}, {super C}].
Green (v.) Turn or become green; "The trees are greening".
Green, () A language proposed by Cii Honeywell-Bull to meet the DoD Ironman requirements which led to Ada. This language won in 1979.
["On the GREEN Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):16-21 (Oct 1978)]. (1994-12-02)
Green -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 11518
Housing Units (2000): 5420
Land area (2000): 288.661213 sq. miles (747.629079 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.115902 sq. miles (0.300184 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 288.777115 sq. miles (747.929263 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 37.263757 N, 85.536418 W
Headwords:
Green
Green, KY
Green County
Green County, KY
Green -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 33647
Housing Units (2000): 13878
Land area (2000): 583.986989 sq. miles (1512.519293 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.575520 sq. miles (1.490591 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 584.562509 sq. miles (1514.009884 sq. km)
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 42.653242 N, 89.576048 W
Headwords:
Green
Green, WI
Green County
Green County, WI
Green, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 22817
Housing Units (2000): 9180
Land area (2000): 32.059708 sq. miles (83.034258 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.470824 sq. miles (3.809416 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 33.530532 sq. miles (86.843674 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31860
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.956719 N, 81.481218 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Green, OH
Green
Green, OR -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oregon
Population (2000): 6174
Housing Units (2000): 2350
Land area (2000): 4.545914 sq. miles (11.773864 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.165586 sq. miles (0.428865 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.711500 sq. miles (12.202729 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30750
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 43.152220 N, 123.383420 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Green, OR
Green
Green, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 147
Housing Units (2000): 71
Land area (2000): 0.195258 sq. miles (0.505717 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.195258 sq. miles (0.505717 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28425
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.430247 N, 96.999195 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67447
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Green, KS
Green
Compare: Garfish
Garfish (n.) [See Gar, n.] (Zool.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.
Garfish (n.) (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species ({T. marinus"> Tylosurus, of which one species ({T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribb[ae]us, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.
Greenback (n.) One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.
Greenback (n.) A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback].
Greenback, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee
Population (2000): 954
Housing Units (2000): 416
Land area (2000): 7.081947 sq. miles (18.342157 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.127051 sq. miles (0.329060 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.208998 sq. miles (18.671217 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30880
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.655751 N, 84.164898 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 37742
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Greenback, TN
Greenback
Greenbacker (n.) One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. [Colloq. U. S.]
Greenbone (n.) Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus).
Greenbone (n.) The European eelpout.
Green-broom (n.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.
Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.
Greenery (n.) Green plants; verdure.
Green-eyed (a.) Having green eyes.
Green-eyed (a.) Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts.
Greenfinch (n.) A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.
Greenfinch (n.) The
Greenfish (n.) See Bluefish, and Pollock.
Greengage (n.) A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.
Greengill (n.) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.
Greengrocer (n.) A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.
Greenhead (n.) The mallard.
Greenhead (n.) The striped bass. See Bass.
Greenhead (n.) Alt. of Greenhood.
Greenhood (n.) A state of greenness; verdancy.
Greenhorn (n.) A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.
Greenhouse (n.) A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
Greening (n.) A greenish apple, of
several varieties, among which the
Greenish (a.) Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.
Greenlander (n.) A native of Greenland.
Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.
Greenlet (n.) (Zool.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.
Greenlet (n.) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.
Greenly (adv.) With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely.
Greenly (a.) Of a green color.
Greenness (n.) The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.
Greenness (n.) Freshness; vigor; newness.
Greenness (n.) Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.
Greenockite (n.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
Greenroom (n.) The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.
Greensand (n.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.
Greenshank (n.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.
Green-stall (n.) A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.
Greenstone (n.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.
Greensward (n.) Turf green with grass.
Greenth (n.) The state or quality of being green; verdure.
Greenweed (n.) See Greenbroom.
Greet (a.) Great.
Greet (v. i.) To weep; to cry; to lament.
Greet (n.) Mourning.
Greeted (imp. & p. p.) of Greet.
Greeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Greet.
Greet (v. t.) To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.
Greet (v. t.) To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
Greet (v. t.) To accost; to address.
Greet (v. i.) To meet and give salutations.
Greet (n.) Greeting.
Greeter (n.) One who greets or salutes another.
Greeter (n.) One who weeps or mourns.
Greeting (n.) Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.
Greeve (n.) See Grieve, an overseer.
Greeze (n.) A step. See Gree, a step.
Greffier (n.) A registrar or recorder; a notary.
Gregal (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a flock.
Gregarian (a.) Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.
Gregarinae (n. pl.) 簇蟲 An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; -- called also {Gregarinida}, and {Gregarinaria}.
Gregarine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gregarinae.
Gregarine (n.) One of the Gregarinae.
Gregarinida (n.) Gregarinae.
Gregarinida (n.) An order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: {Gregarinida}, {order Gregarinida}].
Gregarious (a.) Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.
Grege (v. t.) Alt. of Gregge.
Gregge (v. t.) To make heavy; to increase.
Greggoe (n.) Alt. of Grego.
Grego (n.) A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant.
Gregorian (a.) Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name.
Greillade (n.) Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process.
Greisen
(n.)
(Min.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin
regions of
Greisen (n.) A granitic rock composed of quartz and mica.
Greet (v. i.) To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.] -- Spenser.
Greit (v. i.) See Greet, to weep.
Greith (v. t.) To make ready; -- often used reflexively. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Greith (v.) Goods; furniture. [Obs.] See Graith.
Gremial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom. [R.]
Gremial (n.) A bosom friend. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Gremial (n.) (Ecol.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests.
Grenade (n.) (Min.) 手榴彈；滅火彈 A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.
{Hand grenade}. A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach.
{Hand grenade}. A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also {fire grenade}.
{Rampart grenades}, Grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.
Grenade (n.) A small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile.
Grenade (n.) [C] 手榴彈；槍榴彈 A small bomb thrown by hand or shot from a gun.
// A hand grenade.
Grenadier (n.) (Mil.) [C] 擲彈兵；【英】（常大寫）近衛步兵第一團的士兵
Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a
company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the
line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special
regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of
Note: The feats of grenadiers have been memorialized in song, as in the following: Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules / The British Grenadiers ca. 18th Century The British Grenadiers Some talk of Alexander, And some of Hercules Of Hector and Lysander, And such great names as these. But of all the world's great heroes, There's none that can compare With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, To the British Grenadier.
2. Those heroes of antiquity Ne'er saw a cannon ball Or knew the force of powder To slay their foes withall. But our brave boys do know it, And banish all their fears, Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, For the British Grenadier.
3. Whene'er we are commanded To storm the palisades Our leaders march with fusees, And we with hand grenades. We throw them from the glacis, About the enemies' ears. Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, The British Grenadiers.
4. And when the siege is over, We to the town repair The townsmen cry, "Hurra, boys, Here comes a Grenadier!" Here come the Grenadiers, my boys, Who know no doubts or fears! Then sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, The British Grenadiers.
5. Then let us fill a bumper, And drink a health to those Who carry caps and pouches, And wear the louped clothes. May they and their commanders Live happy all their years With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, For the British Grenadiers.
Grenadier (n.) (Zool.) 【動】長尾鱈科的深海魚 Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also {onion fish}, and {rat-tail fish}.
Grenadier (n.) (Zool.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak ({Pyromelana orix}), having the back red and the lower parts black.
Grenadier (n.) An infantryman equipped with grenades [syn: {grenadier}, {grenade thrower}].
Grenadier (n.) Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail [syn: {grenadier}, {rattail}, {rattail fish}].